Tea and biscuits. These two things never stray far from our mind, and we’ve brought them that bit closer in our tea-infused all butter shortbread. Our Earl Grey is an afternoon tea classic, and the citrusy flavours of bergamot work beautifully in a biscuit. To dunk or not to dunk? That is the question.

The Great Taste Awards have been described as the Oscars of the food world, so you can imagine we were pretty chuffed when our Earl Grey All Butter Shortbread won two gold stars in 2019.

Earl Who?

Renowned for its wonderful bergamot aroma, Earl Grey tea has become firmly ensconced as an afternoon tea classic. The story goes that the iconic blend was specially created for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, in reward for saving the son of a Chinese mandarin from drowning. When his supplies of the tea had run out, the earl commissioned British tea blenders to recreate the taste. A few decades later, Walter Whittard devised his own signature version which took the tea auctions by storm – we love it so much, we've created a collection of tableware and gifts around this classic blend…